Lesson 33 -
Embrace the power of simplicity.
There are so many options, how can we possibly know what to do?
“Out of clutter find simplicity; from discord find harmony; in the middle of difficult lies opportunity” - Albert Einstein
It is impossible to be at your best when your brain is cluttered. There is a reason why many creative people like open space: the expanse gives your mind space to think without barriers.
The concept of clearing clutter may seem trivial, but it is like laying the foundations of a house, if we do not clear the space to lay solid foundations the house won’t remain standing. We are a lot like this.
It is easy to allow ‘stuff’ to build up. Before too long it starts encroaching upon our space, it makes us feel hemmed in and can soon become overwhelming.
This can often be seen in children, take a child to a sweet shop and give them free rein to choose whatever they want with the only restriction being what they can spend, and we can observe them going into overdrive as all of the choices pulling them in competing directions, rapidly overwhelm them. Yet, give them a simple choice between two or three items and the stress quickly fades away and harmony prevails. That is the power of simplicity.
Lesson 33 is to embrace the power of simplicity.